About Us

The WBG brings together feminist economists, researchers, policy experts and activists to work towards our vision of a gender equal society in which women’s financial independence gives them greater autonomy at work, home, and in civil society. We work towards this by:

developing analysis and leading debate on:

the gender implications of economic policy

the social dimensions of economic policy

incorporating a consideration of the unpaid economy into economic policy

how economic policy might free women and men from stereotypes

raising awareness and expanding understanding within the UK Ministry of Finance and other policy makers and opinion formers on the gender implications of economic policy

promoting, encouraging and enabling the use of gender mainstreaming and in particular gender budget analysis

contributing to and learning from international learning and progress on the applicaion of gender budget analysis

Our two main activities are:

collating expertise from a range of individuals and organisations in order to influence and inform government policy.

working with Her Majesty’s Treasury to develop a gender budget for the UK.